HC Deb 13 June 1975 vol 893 cc291-3W
Mr. Wm Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if there was any disorder in Dungiven on Sunday 8th June 1975 as a result of the church service attended by Orangemen;

(2) if there are any prosecutions pending against members of the Orange Order as a result of the attendance of the Orange Brethren at a church service in Dungiven on Sunday 8th June 1975;

(3) how many claims have been lodged for compensation for acts of civil disorder or terrorism carried out in the Dungiven RUC subdistrict during the last 12 months;

(4) how many complaints have been made to his office about acts of terrorism in Dungiven RUC subdistrict during the last 12 months;

(5) how many incidents of armed robbery, hijacking, arson, illegal use of firearms or explosives, intimidation or similar acts of terrorism or associated with terrorism are known to the RUC to have occurred in the Dungiven RUC subdistrict during the last 12 months;

(6) how many persons have been charged in connection with acts of violence associated with armed robberies, hijacking, arson, illegal use of firearms or explosives, intimidation or similar acts of terrorism which occurred during the last 12 months in the Dungiven RUC subdistrict;

(7) how many parades, processions and marches are known to the police to have taken place within two miles of Dungiven RUC during the last 12 months; and of how many such marches etc. the police were given the required statutory notice;

(8) on how many occasions the RUC in Dungiven, during the last 12 months, witnessed marches, parades or processions of persons wearing paramilitary dress or uniform; in how many such cases the persons concerned were acting under orders of any member of the march, parade or procession, behaving in a military manner; and what was the number of RUC and its reserves and Army personnel deployed in Dungiven on each such occasion;

(9) on what grounds he banned the Orange procession in Dungiven on Sunday 8th June 1975;

(10) how many Army personnel were on duty within two miles of Dungiven, County Londonderry, on Sunday 8th June 1975 between 12 noon and 6 p.m.;

(11) how many members of the RUC and its reserves were on duty within two miles of Dungiven, County Londonderry. on Sunday 8th June 1975 between 12 noon and 6 p.m.

(12) how many members of the RUC and its reserve and of Army personnel, respectively, would have been required to ensure the safe conduct of the proposed Orange procession in Dungiven on Sunday 8th June 1975 in the circumstances proposed by the local Orange leaders;

(13) what representations he received concerning the banning of the Orange procession in Dungiven on Sunday 8th June 1975.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

I will write to the hon. Member.